diff --git a/website/content/v1.8/talos-guides/install/cloud-platforms/hetzner.md b/website/content/v1.8/talos-guides/install/cloud-platforms/hetzner.md
index 97bd2040d..a1b9cab4d 100644
--- a/website/content/v1.8/talos-guides/install/cloud-platforms/hetzner.md
+++ b/website/content/v1.8/talos-guides/install/cloud-platforms/hetzner.md
@@ -180,12 +180,15 @@ hcloud load-balancer add-target controlplane \
 Using the IP/DNS name of the loadbalancer created earlier, generate the base configuration files for the Talos machines by issuing:
 
 ```bash
-$ talosctl gen config talos-k8s-hcloud-tutorial https://<load balancer IP or DNS>:6443
+$ talosctl gen config talos-k8s-hcloud-tutorial https://<load balancer IP or DNS>:6443 \
+    --with-examples=false --with-docs=false
 created controlplane.yaml
 created worker.yaml
 created talosconfig
 ```
 
+Generating the config without examples and docs is necessary because otherwise you can easily exceed the 32 kb limit on uploadable userdata (see [issue 8805](https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/issues/8805)).
+
 At this point, you can modify the generated configs to your liking.
 Optionally, you can specify `--config-patch` with RFC6902 jsonpatches which will be applied during the config generation.